6 How-tos for Younger-Looking Hair

You may not get wrinkles on your hair, but it ages all the same. Grays, dullness, thinning strands, and frizz are all (unfortunately) part of the hair's aging process, which starts happening in your 30s. The good news is that you don't need Botox to fix these problems. Here, six tips for hair that's shiny, bouncy, healthy—and, yes, younger looking.

DON'T LOSE IT

Almost half of Caucasian women suffer hair loss by the time they're 50, says Lisa Ishii, an assistant professor of facial plastic surgery and reconstructive surgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. If you're experiencing hair loss, shampoo regularly with a low-pH formula, such as Neutrogena Clean Volume Shampoo. "Oils that build up around the follicle may cause vulnerable roots to shut down faster," says Bahman Guyuron, chairman of the plastic surgery department at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland. And contrary to hair lore, brushing won't make you bald. "Hair loss is a problem at the root—it has nothing to do with the physical things we do to our hair," says Guyuron. That includes styling, straightening, and coloring (finally, a bit of good news).